The Spoken Arabic of Iraq by John Van Ess
1944. Second Edition. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and heavy marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Ring mark and droplet to front board. Boards are mildly warped.